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Closures and Cancellations due to Winter Storm Warning for Friday, January 10, 2025
January 9, 2025
Due to the Winter Storm Warning for our area, some hospital departments will be closed Friday, January 10, 2025. If you have an emergency, do not delay in getting the care you need. Our Emergency Departments in Athens and Etowah remain open. If you have any questions, please call 423.745.1411.
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Starr Regional Medical Center welcomes First Baby of 2025
January 3, 2025
Starr Regional Medical Center is celebrating 2025 with the year’s first bundle of joy, Layton Rhett Akers, born to Haley Woods and Damian Akers of Spring City, Tenn. Weighing 7 pounds and 8 ounces and measuring 19 inches, Layton arrived Wednesday, Jan. 1, at 1:55 p.m.
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Carl Quinn Osborn, MD
December 20, 2024
The Starr Regional Medical Center family is saddened by the recent death of Carl Quinn Osborn, MD, an orthopedic surgeon at Starr Regional Medical Center.
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How to Prepare for a Healthy New Year
December 9, 2024
The new year is just around the corner. For many of us, a new year means a chance to reinvent ourselves – an opportunity to set new goals, put old habits to rest and change our lives for the better. Our new year’s resolutions are often a checklist of everything...
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Starr Regional Medical Center Offers New Treatment for Peripheral Arterial Disease
December 2, 2024
Starr Regional Medical Center today announced its cardiovascular team has successfully performed a new treatment option for patients with severely calcified peripheral arterial disease (PAD) and was one of the first facilities in East Tennessee to perform the procedure.
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Starr Regional Medical Center to host annual Christmas Tree Lighting
November 13, 2024
Starr Regional Medical Center will host its annual community Christmas Tree Lighting event Thursday, November 21 from 5:30 - 6:15 p.m. The event will take place on the Athens campus, located at 1114 West Madison Avenue.
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Brittany Cook, RN, recognized as DAISY Award Recipient
October 25, 2024
Starr Regional Medical Center announced today that Brittany Cook, RN, has been named the recipient of The DAISY Award for the third quarter of 2024. The DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses is a recognition program honoring “the super-human work nurses do for patients and families every day.”
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Breast Cancer Awareness Month: What to Know About Your Mammogram
October 15, 2024
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month – a time for all of us to acknowledge the impact breast cancer can have on our lives, and to learn about the ways we can keep ourselves healthy.
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Starr Regional Medical Center offers flu shots to support the annual Friendly Fellow Club’s Christmas Basket Program
October 8, 2024
Starr Regional Medical Center is providing flu shots as a fundraiser for the annual Friendly Fellow Club’s Christmas Basket Program on Friday, October 18 from 7 a.m. until 12 p.m. Flu shots will be given in the main lobby of Starr Regional Medical Center – Athens.
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R. Shane Roberts, MD, selected to serve on Starr Regional Medical Center Board of Trustees
September 23, 2024
Starr Regional Medical Center announced today that R. Shane Roberts, MD, has been selected to serve on the hospital’s Board of Trustees. Dr. Roberts fills the seat left by Charles B. Cox, MD, whose term ended December 2023.
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